# Television Villian Hall of Fame **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 7, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-villian-hall-of-fame/307252 "2005-06-07T02:34:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-villian-hall-of-fame/307252/1 "2005-06-07T02:34:37Z")
**J.R. Ewing** _Dallas_ \*\*Dr. Miguelito Loveless \*\* _The Wild, Wild West_ **Nellie Oleson** _Little House on the Prairie_ \*\*Louie DePalma \*\* _Taxi_ \*\*Q \*\* _Star Trek: the Next Generation_ \*\*Miles Drentrell \*\* _thirtysomething_ **Newman** _Seinfeld_ **Col. Samuel Flagg** _MASH_ **Chief Fletcher Daniels** _Hill Street Blues_ \*_Eddie Haskell \*\* \* Leave it to Beaver_ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-villian-hall-of-fame/307252/2 "2005-06-07T02:38:16Z")
**Stanley Roper** - “Three’s Company” **John Bly** - "The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr **Dr. Zachary Smith** - “Lost in Space” **Gary** - “Cheers” **Dan Fielding** - “Night Court” ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-villian-hall-of-fame/307252/3 "2005-06-07T02:42:11Z")
I believe it’s Col. Randall Flagg, but it was usually just Colonel Flagg. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-villian-hall-of-fame/307252/4 "2005-06-07T02:46:03Z")
Al Swearingen, “Deadwood.” ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-villian-hall-of-fame/307252/5 "2005-06-07T02:54:07Z")
**The Headhunters** – Gilligan’s Island **Johnny Johnson** – News Radio **Lt. Scanlon** – Barney Miller **Mother Carlson** – WKRP in Cincinnati **Aunt Esther** – Sanford and Son **NEWMAN!** ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-villian-hall-of-fame/307252/6 "2005-06-07T03:32:51Z")
**BOB** - _Twin Peaks_ ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-villian-hall-of-fame/307252/7 "2005-06-07T03:38:51Z")
Cigarette Smoking Man - _X-Files_ ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-villian-hall-of-fame/307252/8 "2005-06-07T03:46:45Z")
**Siegfried** - _Get Smart_ **Boris, Natasha, and Fearless Leader** - _Rocky and Bullwinkle_ **Commandante Monastario** - _Zorro_ ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-villian-hall-of-fame/307252/9 "2005-06-07T03:53:50Z")
**C. Montgomery Burns** - _The Simpsons_ (with honorable mention going to the baby with the unibrow) ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-villian-hall-of-fame/307252/10 "2005-06-07T03:55:04Z")
Snidely Whiplash. Yosemite Sam. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-villian-hall-of-fame/307252/11 "2005-06-07T03:56:54Z")
and from the Saturday Morning Wing of the Hall… **Gargamel** - _The Smurfs_ **Skeletor** - _He-Man, Master of the Universe_ **The Sleestacks** - _Land of the Lost_ ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-villian-hall-of-fame/307252/12 "2005-06-07T04:13:05Z")
The Gooch, **Diff’rent Strokes** ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-villian-hall-of-fame/307252/13 "2005-06-07T04:17:26Z")
**Boss Hogg** _Dukes of Hazzard_ **The Gooch** _Diff’rent Strokes_ ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-villian-hall-of-fame/307252/14 "2005-06-07T04:17:31Z")
Lionel Luthor from **Smallville** before he went all born againy ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-villian-hall-of-fame/307252/15 "2005-06-07T04:18:34Z")
**’kel-ler!!** _shakes fist_ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-villian-hall-of-fame/307252/16 "2005-06-07T04:19:31Z")
**Wo Fat** from “Hawaii Five-O” **Nina** from “24” **Lore** from “Star Trek: TNG” Even though I reflexively hate the “Evil twin” gimmick, I liked Lore. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-villian-hall-of-fame/307252/17 "2005-06-07T04:34:03Z")
Let’s not forget [Khan](http://matrix.netsoc.tcd.ie/~horkana/gallery/StarTrek/wrath-of-kahn.jpg) Nor Arvin Sloane from Alias ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-villian-hall-of-fame/307252/18 "2005-06-07T05:55:59Z")
What’s this thread without: **Mayor Wilkins** - from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The sweet lovable mayor who loves posing with Boy Scouts, going to PTA meetings, and becoming a giant invincible uber-worm-demon. **Maris** - from Frasier, Niles Crane’s unseen wife made more and more monstrous with each passing episode. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-villian-hall-of-fame/307252/19 "2005-06-07T06:03:39Z")
**Cobra Commander** _G.I. Joe_ **Megatron** _Transformers_ ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-villian-hall-of-fame/307252/20 "2005-06-07T06:10:04Z")
> [@Thudlow Boink](#): > > **C. Montgomery Burns** - _The Simpsons_ (with honorable mention going to the baby with the unibrow) That’d be Baby Gerald. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-villian-hall-of-fame/307252.md?page=2)